tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31099901.post116020037290767220..comments2023-06-06T18:03:06.195+09:00Comments on Wind from the East: ベルギーの友人たち My good friends from BelgiumHideko Ishidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400523288050581782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31099901.post-1164017134123685492006-11-20T19:05:00.000+09:002006-11-20T19:05:00.000+09:00I know another American lady who is learning Japan...I know another American lady who is learning Japanese embroidery. I myself haven't done though I sometimes borrow the patterns. <BR/>My seam treatment is a single mass of pine leaves but the pattern is a shape of a branch. In Japan gardeners make each branches of a pine tree into that shapes. So it must be a familiar shape for us.Hideko Ishidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400523288050581782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31099901.post-1163960978628230222006-11-20T03:29:00.000+09:002006-11-20T03:29:00.000+09:00I am learning Japanese silk embroidery. The first...I am learning Japanese silk embroidery. The first design I stitched is called Hanayama (flower mountains?). One of the mountains has these stylizes pines so I 'know' that is what they are but I still think of them as clouds. To me the seam treatment you stitched on Rendi's "Narnia" block is more recognisable as pine but I am beginning to admire the stylistics designs like pine, flax, and kiko Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com